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Poverty

pipoman

(16,038 posts)

1. No....

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sun Aug 2, 2015, 09:22 AM

Aug 2015

He didn't spend 32 years on "charges", he spent 32 years on a conviction.

All this while people....kids...who have done nothing but their best to stay out of trouble and get decent grades, cant afford to attend college or are saddled with 30 years of debt...

No, I'm OK with job skill training and trades being taught in prisons, but not at the expense of noncriminals who actually are employable in the real world and deserve a chance so they don't end up in prison.

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Pell grants to bring college back to prison: US is 'a nation of second chances' [View all] unhappycamper Aug 2015 OP

No.... pipoman Aug 2015 #1

I see your point Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #2